WEBVTT 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:16.960 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the HTC 1S so this is positioned 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.880 slightly below the 1X in terms of HTC's product stack which means that you find 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:27.359 a slightly different array of features so one notable thing that's not on this 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:34.559 phone is NFC uh however it does have a lot going for it so it's using an a 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:36.440 Snapdragon S4 crate uh plus core yes 00:00:34.559 --> 00:00:40.520 thank you plus it doesn't help when there's Pro and plus and play I mean 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:44.360 couldn't they have just gone with like good better and like awesomest or 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:49.760 something like that no no Pro Plus and play so unlike the Droid DNA which we've 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:54.559 also had a look at recently it does not have the super high-end chipset but this 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:59.480 should translate to better battery life as well as uh really not that much of a 00:00:57.559 --> 00:01:05.880 uh of a reduction in performance it's running adreno 225 GPU which is sort of 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:10.920 like a like a souped up 220 on a lower manufacturing uh manufacturing node so 00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:15.400 the performance of it even though it's not a current generation adreno 300 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:19.479 series is actually better than something like an adreno 305 which is a newer 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:23.520 generation but actually lower-end chipset uh the resolution of the screen 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:27.920 it is an Amo LED screen which should help you in terms of power consumption 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:30.720 as well as in terms of black levels so we're going to go ahead and just power 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:36.360 it up really quick here here so remember guys Amed means the actual pixels 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:40.960 themselves on the phone are emitting light rather than relying on a backlight 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:51.079 with an LCD overlay over the top so it's a 960x 540 resolution which is sort of 00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:53.119 uh coin the term is 540p so or QHD or 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:58.719 whatever you wanted to call it so it's a 16x9 aspect ratio that is one quar the 00:01:56.039 --> 00:02:04.159 resolution of 1080p okay so it's not quite 720P but it should still look 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:07.000 pretty darn good on a 4.3 in screen one of the other things they're including 00:02:05.479 --> 00:02:11.080 and I can't remember for the life of me what they call it anymore but is their 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:17.680 sort of better P picture taking quality concept so that is an f2.0 aperture lens 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:22.120 which basically amounts to more light being allowed into the lens now guys 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:27.040 when it comes to taking pictures it's physics so there's your sensor size that 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.120 assists in having more light hit it there's your lens quality your lens size 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:35.200 that Gathers more light because when it comes to low light performance you can 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:38.360 only do so many fancy digital tricks before it's just like okay well no we 00:02:36.959 --> 00:02:43.280 actually just need more light we need more data so having a clearer lens is 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:47.239 one of the things that can help with light transmission through the glass to 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:51.480 the sensor itself and give you a better quality image it's an 8 megapixel rear 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:54.800 camera with a built-in flash and one of the other things you'll notice about the 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:59.879 back of the phone is it has their Beats Audio branding so this pretty much 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:03.680 amounts to an equalizer setting that I personally didn't find enhanced my 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:09.200 listening experience however compared to the iPhone 4 that I used for U two years 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:12.200 I guess uh it's not like the sound quality without beats enabled it's a 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:16.280 software feature so you can just turn it off was any worse so they're using a 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:21.000 good quality audio chipset on it it's just that I don't personally get any 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.519 benefit from the Beats EQ setting so you 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:28.599 can see right here that this is not a stock Android uh layout so there it's 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.760 using HTC's sense 4.0 Plus or I think 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:34.760 that's what it's called something along on those lines and they apparently want a SIM card in oh look at that they 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:40.200 include little instructions for how to insert your sim card so you take this 00:03:36.959 --> 00:03:44.599 piece off apparently or nope this 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:48.480 one you know what give me a minute ah 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.480 yes right here so you peel this guy 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:58.360 up and just like that ah come on you can do it go 00:03:55.640 --> 00:04:03.400 lus and that was when he broke it nope didn't break it there you go so SIM card 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:07.599 goes right there and then you can also see there's some other stuff in here 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:11.879 that presumably you wouldn't need to use for anything so we're going to go ahead 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:15.519 and put that back on there you go also on the top you find your lock button as 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:20.799 well as your headphone jack so it's your power and lock button rather on the side 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:24.400 you find a volume rocker and then on the 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:27.720 other side you find oh cool is that uh 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:28.919 is that mini HDMI no USB I'm sorry I 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:33.440 didn't look that closely at it so that's a USB connector or so they've opted for 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:37.520 a side mounted charging connector which is something that I haven't seen as 00:04:35.520 --> 00:04:42.560 often as the more traditional bottom mounted charging connector so image chip 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.680 that's actually a part of their whole sort of better camera concept so it's 00:04:44.840 --> 00:04:51.080 supposed to have a one second startup wow that was actually definitely less 00:04:48.320 --> 00:04:55.680 than a 1 second uh so it says unable to use the flash because the battery is too 00:04:53.479 --> 00:05:01.000 low right now but there you go how quickly can we take pictures Focus shoot 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:04.280 Focus shoot hopefully you can see this I don't know if you can I think I might 00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:09.479 just totally be standing in the way so in terms of the pictures we're 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:13.800 taking I think Auto rotates off Clarity wise it looks wow actually really 00:05:11.880 --> 00:05:16.919 good I guess it's about what you'd expect when we're using Studio lighting 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:20.440 uh so let's move into some size comparisons how big is it it's a 4.3 in 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:25.400 screen so I think I mentioned that before but how does it actually compare 00:05:22.479 --> 00:05:30.080 to something else so here is a Galaxy Note 2 so that's what it looks like 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:36.400 compared to one of those all right here is an iPhone 4 so that's 00:05:33.520 --> 00:05:42.639 a significantly smaller screen size okay moving right along here is 00:05:39.039 --> 00:05:45.319 another HTC phone so this is an 8s 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:49.039 dismiss dismiss go away there we go that's an 8s so that's only a 4 in 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:54.479 screen so it actually doesn't make that much of a difference going from 4 to 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:57.639 4.3 but here we go in terms of the size of the phone but it does make the images 00:05:56.280 --> 00:06:01.840 look a little bit bigger this is also a 4.3 in screen but a larger phone design 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:05.560 design on the HTC 8X so you can see it's a little bit longer on the bottom one 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:09.599 thing that I actually did not realize is that that little uh USB connector I 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:13.599 showed you guys can be used for HDMI so that's why I thought it looked kind of 00:06:10.840 --> 00:06:17.800 weird but with a special cable you can use it as an HDMI output which I 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:22.919 personally think is very freaking cool so they're saying that it comes with ice 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:26.599 cream sandwich but it's Jelly Bean is going to be either rolling out or is 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:30.800 rolling out right now according to the information that we found so it's up to 00:06:28.520 --> 00:06:34.280 date as far as Android operating systems go I don't think I've shown you guys 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:38.160 what the phone looks like in any more detail so this piece right here on the 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:42.440 back is actually metal and has a very nice feel to it uh the piece on the 00:06:40.280 --> 00:06:46.199 bottom here is rubberized and then the piece on the top here feels more like a 00:06:45.039 --> 00:06:49.880 well I don't know if it's rubber but it's soft touch anyway so this feels 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:54.280 more like a soft touch finish up here as well I like this because the way that I 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:58.120 hold a phone is I'll I'll tend to support it with my pinky so that I can 00:06:56.520 --> 00:07:02.440 reach the entire keyboard cuz I have kind of smaller hands so having this not 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:07.360 be a slick metal piece here actually is beneficial to to certain people in terms 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:12.440 of included accessories there's not a whole lot You' get a wallart so there's 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:18.639 your little HTC uh this should be a one amp yep HTC 1 amp wallart as well as a 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:21.879 micro USB cable for charging you also get a little quick start guide that 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:25.400 shows you where all of the stuff on your phone is that's the touchcreen yay oh 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:30.199 one of the other details of the touchcreen that I wanted to uh cover 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:34.560 again Amed so super dark super deep blacks and then check this 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:39.599 out viewing angle should be pretty much perfect with no Distortion regardless of 00:07:37.599 --> 00:07:43.440 how you're looking at it can you see that 00:07:40.919 --> 00:07:48.120 diesel I'm getting kind of an iffy sort of Y yeah we got it now so absolutely 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:53.639 gorgeous I don't think I mentioned yet that the CPU is clocked at 1.7 GHz and 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:56.280 it has 16 Meg 16 Megs yeah only 16 Megs internal storage don't worry about it 00:07:54.720 --> 00:08:01.919 store everything in the cloud data is free anyway uh 16 gigs internal storage 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:06.240 unfortunately this particular phone can't be expanded with micro SD but 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:11.479 given that you actually can't install apps off micro SD it's up to the 00:08:08.599 --> 00:08:15.879 individual user whether that's an actual uh detriment or not personally I never 00:08:13.520 --> 00:08:20.800 used all 16 gigs on my iPhone 4 in two years so I'm not a power user when it 00:08:18.919 --> 00:08:25.479 comes to storage space but if you are then that might be a bit of a problem 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:30.080 for you I think that pretty much wraps it up I don't think I missed anything 00:08:27.440 --> 00:08:36.880 here and thank you for checking out this unboxing and first look at the HTC 1S so 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:40.839 that is the step down from the 1X don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:44.240 more unboxings reviews and other computer videos I don't think I 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:49.800 mentioned this already but the 1080p video that it records is actually at 30 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:52.519 FPS so just for for Ls I'm going to 00:08:49.800 --> 00:08:58.880 record some video here maybe we'll catch our production crew hello so you guys 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:04.839 can watch that video actually here we'll watch that video on the uh on the good 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:10.680 one play oh I think I have auto rotate off 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:16.279 we'll be back all right so here's our video playback now that I've uh enabled 00:09:13.839 --> 00:09:20.839 that there we go I have noticed already that it's 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:26.000 smoother than the uh than the 1080p 30fps video that I was recording on my 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:29.160 8X you can see it adjusts for the lights behind slick pretty well right there I 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:32.360 don't think I mentioned before that it has one gig of RAM I don't think we're 00:09:30.800 --> 00:09:36.519 even on not even on full screen brightness 00:09:34.160 --> 00:09:40.480 yet there we go okay well I think that wraps it up 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:47.000 don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:47.000 other computer videos